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		<title>Only an expert</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/23/only-an-expert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=14862</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Laurie Anderson explains the (non-)solution to our problems: only an expert can do it. This is one song that addresses Oprah, Iraq, torture, and Wall Street financial crimes, while being kick-ass msuically.  The version below is live, but the version &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/23/only-an-expert/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus now</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/02/stimulus-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=14492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The employment numbers for August were released a few minutes ago. The results: no new jobs created in the month, and unemployment still at 9.1%. If anyone doubts that we need another stimulus program to kick-start the economy (or even &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/02/stimulus-now/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Economic quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/13/economic-quote-of-the-day-4/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/13/economic-quote-of-the-day-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=14184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is critical for politicians and investors alike to distinguish between cause and effect, disease and symptom. Washington has been operating the past few months under the assumption that the United States and our euro-zone economic trading partners are experiencing &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/13/economic-quote-of-the-day-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Economics quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/12/economics-quote-of-the-day-11/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/12/economics-quote-of-the-day-11/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=14182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bear in mind that deficit hawks have been warning for years that interest rates on U.S. government debt would soar any day now; the threat from the bond market was supposed to be the reason that we must slash the &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/12/economics-quote-of-the-day-11/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can you say double-dip?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/05/can-you-say-double-dip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=14025</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Aren&#8217;t you surprised that the economy weakened and investors fled equities yesterday, after the Tea Party&#8217;s victorious imposition of spending cuts in the US? I thought that they told us that spending cuts and debt limits are the only way &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/05/can-you-say-double-dip/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Be careful what you wish for&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/03/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=14005</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the LA Times: Two years after the last recession ended, Wall Street is showing rising fear that the U.S. economy could be headed for a new downturn&#8230;.Despite some relief that Washington could forge an eleventh-hour compromise on the debt &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/03/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Political quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/13/political-quote-of-the-day-105/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/13/political-quote-of-the-day-105/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13717</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Given President Obama’s endorsement of large budget cuts, the only question now appears to be how much fiscal policy will tighten and how fast. If it is back-loaded and mainly involves cuts in transfer programs, the impact on growth may &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/13/political-quote-of-the-day-105/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making unemployment worse</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/10/making-unemployment-worse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ There is plenty of evidence, in fact, that the spending cuts already imposed by Republican intransigence are responsible for a great deal of joblessness. Although the private sector added 57,000 jobs in June, that tiny progress was reduced by the &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/10/making-unemployment-worse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Economics quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/06/22/economics-quote-of-the-day-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Both parties, in fact, are moving to anti-Keynesian policy orientations, which deny additional stimulus and make rather awkward and unsubstantiated claims that if you balance the budget, &#8220;they will come.&#8221; It is envisioned that corporations or investors will somehow overnight &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/06/22/economics-quote-of-the-day-8/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The economic danger of austerity</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/23/the-economic-danger-of-austerity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=12046</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Leonhardt, writing in the New York Times, challenges the common assumption on the right that cutting government spending at a time of economic stress is the best path toward recovery. It is worth a full read. This trope is &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/02/23/the-economic-danger-of-austerity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The intervention worked</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/07/28/the-intervention-worked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=7590</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times highlights a report from two prominent economists that indicates that the various Federal actions in the wake of the economic collapse substantially improved the situation. In a new paper, the economists argue that without the Wall &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/07/28/the-intervention-worked/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The economy hits bottom?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/08/23/the-economy-hits-bottom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=4277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(via The Big Picture)]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking news? You decide.</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/08/06/breaking-news-you-decide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=4035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So over on Fox, Trace Gallagher interviewed Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow on the &#8220;cash-for-clunkers&#8221; program.  Needless to say, since the setting was Fox News, the interviewer was against it. As soon as Stabenow makes a valid point, the interview is &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/08/06/breaking-news-you-decide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More stimulus needed?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/03/more-stimulus-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=3571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Krugman makes the case for an additional jolt of stimulus from the Obama administration. I do agree with him that the fact that jobs continue to be lost at a very high rate does not mean that the original &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/07/03/more-stimulus-needed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bad timing and swine flu (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/04/27/bad-timing-and-swine-flu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=2662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When House Appropriations Committee chair David Obey sought $900 Million in funds for pandemic preparation to be included in the stimulus bill, he generated bitter opposition from Republicans. The GOP claimed that this was not economic stimulus. Well, with the &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/04/27/bad-timing-and-swine-flu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Iowahawk under new management</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/04/02/iowahawk-under-new-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the best political humor websites on the interwebs is iowahawk.  A letter has gone up there indicating that it is now under new (federal) ownership. Here is an excerpt from the letter, which I recommend you real in &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/04/02/iowahawk-under-new-management/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Krugman and the Obama administration</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/29/krugman-and-the-obama-administration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=2163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Krugman has been critical of the Obama administration&#8217;s bank bailout/stimulus/toxic asset programs.  I tend to agree with most of his positions. Now Evan Thomas writes a profile of Krugman as the cover story of the current issue of Newsweek. &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/29/krugman-and-the-obama-administration/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pork or not pork</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/23/pork-or-not-pork/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the Republican complaints about pork in the stimulus bill. Bobby Jindal highlight the money to spent on something called &#8220;volcano monitoring&#8221; as if this was silly. Now this (courtesy of DailyKos):]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s over</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/21/its-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Matt Taibbi, the current actions being taken to repair the economy amount to a giant and successful takeover of the country by Wall Street insiders. As usual, his essay speaks clearly about the causes and results of the &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/21/its-over/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#039;s over</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/21/its-over-2/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/21/its-over-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Matt Taibbi, the current actions being taken to repair the economy amount to a giant and successful takeover of the country by Wall Street insiders. As usual, his essay speaks clearly about the causes and results of the &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2009/03/21/its-over-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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